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Patented June .3, 1884.

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STATES PATENT OFFICE.

} CHARLES K. MILLER AND GEORGE H. CLEVELAND, OF CAMDEN, MAINE.

SHIRT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,932, dated Jute 3,1884:.

' Application filed March 20, 1884. (N model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, CHARLES K. MILLER and GEORGE H. CLEVELAND, ofCamden, in the county of Knox and State of Maine, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Shirts; and we do hereby declare thatthe-following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

Our invention is intended for shirts and like garments having entire orclosed fronts; and

it consists in the special construction hereinafter explained, combinedwith a scarf orstri p of ornamental fabric, or a necktie, all as setforth and claimed.

In the drawings accompanying, Figure 1 represents a view of the front ofthe shirt provided with loops, with a scarf at the neck, and one endthereof as passed through the loops. Fig.2 is a longitudinal sectionthrough the bosom. Fig. 3 is amodification representing slits inthematerial of the front, instead of the loops shown in Fig. 1. Fig. at isalso a modification representing a separate strip as inserted throughthe loops, leaving the shirt free to the use of a scarf of any desiredform. Fig. 5 isa section through the bosom on line a; m of- Fig. 1. Fig.(Sis asection of the bosom,

, showing another modification.

In the drawings the body of the shirt is represented at A, and is or maybe of ordinary shape, and is provided with a suitable collar.

\Ve have shown in the figures the bosom or front of the shirt (marked B)as in one piece; but this is not essential, and it may be formed of aseparate piece and attached to the body in any well known manner.

Down the front of the bosom, preferably directly in the center thereof,and beginning at a suitable distance below the neck of the shirt, wesecure loops a a, as shown in Fig. 1, at regular and suitable intervalsapart. When arranged as shown in Fig. 1, we prefer to make openings inthe material of the bosom, as at b b, Fig. 5 of a size sufficient toreceive the ends of the loops, which are thus passed through to theinside of the shirt. This gives a very finished appearance to the bosom,and the place of insertion is closed so completely by the ends of theloops that it is difficult to observe that it ever existed. When theloops are all in place,a supplemental piece, a, of the same or anysuitable material, is placed upon the under side of the bosom, neatlycovering the loop ends, and this is stitched to the bosom from theoutside by rows of stitching d, which effectually secures the loop endsand piece 0 and adds to the finished appearance of the garment.

Instead of the loops shown in Figs. land 4',-

the material of the bosom may be slitted laterally at regular intervals,as shown in Fig.3,or cords or bars, in open work or otherwise, may besubstituted for the loops, or any equivalents of these may be used.

When the shirt is to be used with a scarfsuch as that shown in Fig. 1thescarf is placed around the shirt under the collar and tied, as shown,leaving one end longer than the other, as at e,this end being underneaththe short one, f. The portion 6 is then neatly folded, if itis notalreadyof a suitable size, and inserted under the loops throughout theseries, if loops are used, or under the cords or bars, or if slits arecut in the material in and out of these slits, in every case producingthe desired effect that is, presenting to the eye the portions of thematerial of the bosom and of the scarf alternately, the scarf preferablybeing of a color contrasting strongly with the bosom or the stripsthereon. In the figure referred to the portion f serves as the end ofthe tie. It is not, however, essential that the scarf should passentirely around the neck of the shirt, as the long end a could be leftand the tie attached to the collar-button in any desirable manner.Neither is itessential that the colored strap 6 be apart of thenecktieor scarf, as this may be an independent piece fixed inpermanently, or so that it could be replaced by another anddifferentcolored strap. In this case any kind of necktie or scarf couldbe used, and of any shape. Any amount of ornamental stitching may beprovided around these loops and strap and upon the bosom.

Instead of having the loops, bars, cords, &c. of the same material asthe shirt-bosom, material of other colors may be used for these devices,which may then be attached directly to the material of the bosom, thesame effect he provided with a series of transverse strips or 15 loopsarranged centrally on said front, (30111- bined with an insertedornamental strip or tie, the whole being constructed and arranged asshown.

In testimony whereof we have signed our 20 names to this specificationin the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHAS. K. MILLER. GEORGE H. CLEVELAND.

Vi tnesses:

W. F. KELLER, WV. L. TYLER.

